South Sudan Refugees in Ethiopia Face ‘Health Catastrophe’, Charity Warns

South Sudan refugees in Ethiopia face ‘health catastrophe’, charity warns

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees face worsening health conditions as cholera spreads.

Al Mayadeen/ Africa in Summary/ May 24, 2025 Thousands of refugees from South Sudan face a worsening of their health conditions in Ethiopia as cholera spreads and conflict escalates. An international medical organization has warned about an imminent “health catastrophe” among South Sudanese refugees [...] The South Sudan Entrance. Refugees face a “health catastrophe,” warns a charity was first published in Latin American Summary.

South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia face health crisis

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has raised alarm over a looming health catastrophe among South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. Tens of thousands have fled violence in South Sudan to the border town of Mattar, where local infrastructure is overwhelmed. South Sudan’s fragile peace, after years of brutal civil war, has collapsed again, fueling fresh clashes between rival factions. The fighting pits forces loyal to President Salva Kiir against those of…

South Sudanese Refugees at Risk of ‘Health Disaster MSF

The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has raised an alarm over an impending health emergency among South Sudanese refugees who have fled to Ethiopia, citing a surge in cholera cases and widespread malnutrition. South Sudan, the world’s newest nation after gaining independence in 2011, has been beset by conflict for much of its existence. A brutal civil war that broke out in 2013 left around 400,000 people dead before a power-sharing…

South Sudanese refugees who have taken refuge in Ethiopia are facing an imminent health catastrophe, the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today. Cholera and acute malnutrition pose the greatest challenges, it added, according to a report by the French news agency AFP.

The non-governmental organisation without Frontiers (MSF), based in France, refers in particular to a cholera epidemic and serious cases of malnutrition. South Sudan, the youngest state of the world, independent of Sudan in 2011, faced a civil war between 2013 and 2018 and that the power sharing agreement between the Belgians reached a very precarious and seriously deteriorating state. A number of months ago, there were violent confrontations be…